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The science that is fundamental to the field of occupational therapy is the natural science of the human being, whose body and mind are inextricably combined. Human beings are constantly adapting to change, with human functions and tasks developing from the interaction between sensory stimulation from the environment and the individual's behavior, which is guided by intrinsic motivation and occupational roles. When biological, psychological or environmental factors interrupt this adaptation process, it is the utilization of purposeful activity and occupations, guided by the occupational therapy practitioner that prevents or mediates dysfunction, and elicits maximum independence.
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The College and the OTA Program structure the student's occupational environment with classrooms, laboratories, clinician educators, site visits and demonstration of therapeutic techniques that are conducive to learning. Teaching materials, training equipment and fieldwork experiences offer students the opportunity to practice and develop treatment skills. The requirements of the Program include student interaction and collaboration with instructors, peers, fieldwork supervisors, health professionals, patients and the general public. They include completion of written and oral assignments, practice in the observation and evaluation of human function, use of appropriate treatment modalities with supervision from a registered occupational therapist, and design and implementation of wellness groups which are presented to the community. The use of self is reinforced as the most important component in treatment, maintaining the core values of compassion, caring and understanding. These values are demonstrated through services provided by the occupational therapy assistant students to the communities in which they live and work.
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PA Systems come in many different shapes and sizes, ranging from the very elaborate systems used in large stadiums all the way down to a simple microphone patched into your home stereo. Listed below are several of the most common setups.
The Bare Bones
An easier way to think of it might be to think of it as a river, the microphone being upstream, the speaker being downstream, and the amp being a reservoir in between. As the water (the signal) flows from upstream (the Microphone), it must enter the reservoir (the amp) through an input, and then exit the reservoir through an output until finally, it reaches the downstream side (the speaker).
So, that's the theory (complete with a picturesque metaphor). Now here is the reality. In the example above, you would plug things up in this order.
And there you have it. You have successfully hooked up your first basic PA system. Of course, although it will amplify the sound, this particular system won't be of much practical use to you in any real life playing situation. It still lacks three essential ingredients.
The Essentials
Keeping in mind signal direction, the system shown in example 2 should be hooked up like this:
The Powered Mixer
Stereo to Mono
You may have noticed that you have more than one channel in some (or all) of the components of your system. These are usually labeled in one of three ways; A and B, 1 and 2, or left and right. Each or the two channels will have its own inputs and outputs. What this means is that the component is stereo. Basically that means that it contains two completely separate pathways for two completely separate signals to flow through.
The system examples so far, for simplicity's sake, have been mono systems, but the principles are the same for stereo. A stereo PA can easily be used as a mono PA by simply running through only one channel in each component. For instance, If you wanted to use only channel "B" in your EQ, you would use the input and the output for channel "B", and leave the channel "A" inputs and outputs open. Of course, when you actually use the EQ, you have to remember which channel you hooked up so you can know which one you will need to adjust to change the sound of the PA. Moving the channel "A" knobs won't do anything if only channel "B" is hooked up.
The sound board is a little different in that you need only be concerned with the outputs. There are many inputs in a soundboard coming in from the many microphones on the stage, but a stereo board will have two separate "main" output channels. You need only choose one of these to use it in mono. Just remember which one you choose and adjust the knobs on the board accordingly.
The real draw back to running your stereo PA system mono is that you end up using only half of that expensive piece of equipment you bought. That isn't that big of a deal with an EQ or a crossover, but with a power amp, only using one channel means you only use half of its power. Only using half of a 500 watt amp results in only getting 250 watts of power, and that just plain stinks. This problem can be fixed by the use of "bridging", but it's a confusing and complicated setup that can be hazardous to the health of your equipment. If done right, it's great. If done wrong, it's disaster. In all honesty, I'm not confident enough in my own understanding of bridging to explain it properly, so I've decided to (for the moment) leave it out of this tutorial. However, I did find a complicated technical description of it on the Peavey homepage.
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im cureing 40 pounds of live rock in a 30g tub its been a week and my ammonia is now at 0 nitrite is threw the roof so isnt nitrate whitch is to be expected. my question is should i leave the water as is and let it do its thing till the nitrite drops to 0 or should i do the 100% water change and test again in a few days? btw this is my first time cureing lr so sorry for the stupid questions
Do a % water change like you would a normal tank.
No question is a dumb question and you are smart for asking it! Just know that in the curing process you are bound to have nitrate or ammonia spikes eventually. I agree with Reef Madness about doing normal water changes and you could also try smelling the rock for a decay fishy smell (which could be the reason for the nitrate spike) and if it smells you could soak the rock in fresh RO/DI water to help rid some of the bacteria or parasites.
It's part of the process. I recommend you wait until the readings are zero before doing the water change otherwise your tank will take longer to cycle. See graph below.
i dont have the rock in my tank yet its going to be added to my allready exsisting tank thats why i wana make sure i do this right. i know its only been a week and im probuly going to cure it for a few more even if the readings come back ok just to be safe cause the rock was alot cheaper then what i will end up killing in my tank lol. i did a 100% water change after scrubbing the rock down the rock itself smells like rotting fish still so im sure it no where near done yet. i guess what i just really need to know now is if doing the 100% water changes is a waist and should i just let it sit or do partial after the ammonia drops to 0 and let the bacteria handel the nitrit. another question i cant seem to find a answere for is if my tank is going to cycle again after i add this rock the set up im adding it to has been up and running for 8 months now and everything as far as paramiters is where it should be.
If your curing the Live Rock now, outside the tank in another container, then no, the tank will not go through another cycle once you add it.
ok good that was one of my worries lol
I also want to mention that it might be a good idea to only add about 1 lb per 10% of the volume of the main tank..For example in case that makes no sense by my wording lol. IF your tank is only 50 gallons adding about 5 lbs of LR every couple of weeks is a pretty safe practice. That way if there are still nitrates on the rock it won't effect the water quality as much. Also before you add it, if you just let the rock sit without doing water changes it should be fine, just make sure to top off the water with RO/DI I hope that helps :-)
hmmm thats a good idea. its been 2 full weeks now of cureing my ammonia is still 0 nitrite is at 5.0ppm and my nitrate is 0 whitch kinda shocked me i figured my nitrate would be very very high due to the nitrite conversion. another thing is out of all the rocks i have 2 of them smell horrible like rotting fish still everything else dosnt smell bad at all. i went all over the 2 rocks looking for anything spongy or decaying i may have missed. if the parameters say 0,0,0 and it still smells bad is it safe to add to the tank?
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Wireless networking specialist ICOA has brushed off reports the company had landed a $400m to be acquired by Google.
ICOA on Monday confirmed that a news wire release attributed to the company was false and the company is asking wire services to pull the release. Google has likewise denied the claims.
While ICOA is still investigating the matter, chief executive George Strouthopulos told V3 that there is no truth whatsoever to the reports, and the release appears to be the work of a third party based in Aruba.
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While the cause of the incident is still very much under investigation and any speculation on the motivation is just that, this may very well be the work of an unscrupulous investor who is seeking to spike the price of the stock temporarily and make a profit by selling off shares.
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There's a bit of a stir sweeping across these internets today after the New York Times published a story that wags its uptight little finger at the studios and online outlets who promote red-band trailers and all the glorified foul-mouthedness that comes along with them. They cite the latest red-band Kick-Ass trailer as being an example of the sort of trash Hollywood is pushing to an audience that, realistically, can find a way around their so-called "age gates" faster than it takes the11-year-old Hit Girl to blast the word c*nt out in glorious HD.
While online outlets insist that they're playing by the rules set up by the MPAA by installing "age gates" in front of their trailers, it's not hard to notice that some are easier to bypass than others. And even if you can't get in, there's a good chance the trailer will show up on some social-networking site within an hour of its launch. Fact is -- and the Times is right about this -- these red-band trailers gain more momentum because of their R-rated nature, and because kids don't get to see that sort of stuff from regular green-band trailers. But sites like Film Drunk (who, admittedly, are the red-band version of a movie blog) claim bulls**t, noting (in one of their true-to-form rants), "God forbid an ad for a movie actually show you what's in the actual movie."
Personally, I think it's about time we stop pretending our teenagers are idiots who wouldn't at all be exposed to this sort of stuff if it weren't for easy-to-access red-band trailers. Watching one episode of MTV's 16 and Pregnant should make you aware that there are much bigger problems that await parents, and that hearing Tracy Morgan yell the word f*ck in a red-band Cop Out trailer should be the least of their concerns.
Lionsgate was right on the money when they told the Times that they stand behind their red-band Kick-Ass trailer because "It's really important for people to know what kind of movie this is so they can make an appropriate decision about whether or not they want to see it." Yes, good point.
That said, some would argue that the film's R rating should be enough to warn parents of the potential dangers contained within, and that while Lionsgate is pretending to be concerned about false advertising, they're also wisely attempting to entice a younger audience by dazzling them with foul language and gratuitous action prior to the film hitting theaters in order to sell them on their product.
But is this wrong? Are red-band trailers any more dangerous than the hundreds of thousands of easy-to-access non movie-related R-rated content spread across the internet? Should the studios stop producing red-band trailers? Should they continue to produce them, but figure out a more secure way to distribute them to people over the age of 17? Or should parents be forced to take a little more responsibility in what they do or do not allow their children to view online?
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AURORA — Whatever happened to the Class 5A football leagues?
It's the darndest thing; they used to be there. Prominently. With meaning. And there was a thing called pride for players who played 5A football, and followers who reveled in watching them.
There was the Denver Prep League. The Centennial. The Jefferson County. The Continental. The Front Range, Colorado Springs, Southwestern and so on. But no more, at least not what we used to have. There was a time when winning, say, the Centennial or Jeffco was an automatic memory for life, a recognized accomplishment that carried major weight into the playoffs.
But it hasn't been that way for years, a direct legislative blunder by school representatives who lost their way. Our Class 5A football leagues are 20,000 leagues under the sea, buried and gone.
This dawned on me when I was planning my week and decided to attend the opening Centennial matchup between Cherry Creek and Overland on Thursday. Cherry Creek won 35-14, which was nice. But, really, who cares?
Because we have a ridiculous 32-team playoff bracket — for 52 5A schools. All Creek's victory did was dole out victory points in an esoteric system that the public doesn't understand.
On the whole, high school football is tinkered with more than the guy down the street who's restoring a 1966 GTO he found under hay bales in his grandmother's barn. It hasn't been so bad with 4A on down, but lower classes follow the lead of 5A. Example: Don't think for a minute that Class 4A wouldn't love a playoff field with more than the current 16 teams.
You don't know how many times the following sentence has been uttered to me: "Our league is the toughest in the state, Neil." I've always wondered: How could they tell?
The current 5A system incorporates four nonleague games, or as many of the inconsequential exhibition games each NFL team plays. And because we have a 32-team playoff field, the 10-game regular season had to be dropped to nine to make it fit.
It's probably why a coach once told me: "We gave up a tenth of our regular season to expand the playoffs for certain teams. I don't know why."
Nor do I.
Geography? Indeed, there have been some shifts because of geography, but not nearly enough, as we badly need 5A leagues in Colorado Springs and on the Western Slope.
And here's a good one: We have Valor Christian in a new league (Pioneer), but its league games don't count because Valor is being penalized for infractions, yet is eligible for the playoffs.
The state blew it in 1990 with the jump from 4A to 6A, and the move in 1994 to 5A is a Band-Aid that hasn't stuck. Seriously, our enrollment figures require significant surgery to make any sense in terms of classification.
Unless football officials remove the hollowness of the 5A regular season by emphasizing league play, they will continue to perpetuate a listless volume in the comic-book series by way of a bad sequel to the 2003 Sean Connery movie. "The League of Very Ordinary Gentlemen."
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THE AMERICAN HEN, Milk Glass, Mustard,candy dish ship!
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Hello folks, welcome to this auction for a stunning rare and highly coveted piece of history. What a honer it was to have had the opportunity to have first hand picked this great collection from the estate of a first class collector and purest who passed from us.Up for your bidding interest is a GREAT Mustard dish in true and vintage opaque, milk glass called "THE AMERICAN HEN". Folks, this is true and very pure, the transparent color towards the edges is stunning to be sure. The eagle rests on top sitting on her 3 eggs as marked "Porto Rica, Cuba, Philippines". It is 6 1/8" long X 2 3/4" high X 3 5/8" deep. The banner reads on the side of the basket pattern base "THE AMERICAN HEN". On the bottom it reads "Pat. applied for". The condition is very nice with no chips, cracks breaks or repairs, a beauty to be sure. I have added a picture of the 3 listed on ebay from this stunning collection, please remember this auction is only for the single pictured dish. I have added some great info on the history of this along with the other 2 listed, please take a look at them as well. I would love to see this 75 + year old collection stay together and will do my very best to combine shipping as a savings. It will be offered to you as is were is with no returns, it is the utmost purest piece. They all will have a starting bid at a fraction of t value, thats what makes a great and fair auction for all to join in. Have the comfort in knowing that I have not or ever will list reproductions or any other such foolishness. 100% pure and original. As always, please enjoy this NO RESERVE auction. Thank you !On October 4, 1898, a design patent was granted to George A. Flaccus, of the E.C. Flaccus Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, (established 1877) for a "Shipping Vessel". On the bow of the glass battleships manufactured under this patent are the embossed names Oregon, Wheeling or Olympia, all ships of the US Navy fleet. As purveyors of catsup, mustard, mincemeat, vinegar and preserves, Flaccus designed a large number of their own containers, but he also often commissioned this work to other glasshouses. Flaccus and other glassmakers of this period created figural covered dishes based on famous and heroic figures
"Uncle Sam on the Merrimac" covered dish, c. 1898. Attributed to Flaccus. Civil War memorabilia (e.g., Uncle Sam on the Merrimac covered dish, The American Hen covered dish, Queen Victoria with Her Royal Emblem covered apothecary jar), serial sets of nursery rhymes and stories (e.g., Little Bo Peep covered dish, Little Red Hen covered dish) and other popular themes of the day.
One prevalent American icon of the early 1900s was the battleship Maine. The famous US warship docked in Havana harbor was on "official business" in a time of high political tension with Cuba and Spain. According to the newspaper headline from The Boston Herald, February 16, 1898, the Maine was "mysteriously" blown up in an appalling explosion killing "two officers and 251 men". This act, said to have been the precipitous event which started the Spanish-American War, was immortalized in milk glass in at least five distinctively different molds from different makers. One model vents the battle cry of the day, exemplifying American sentiments, "Remember the Maine". Three others have Maine on the bow and at least one of the models is in blank, but to this day is still known by reputation.
An average price today for an antique ship can range from under a hundred to several hundred dollars, depending on the ship and its condition. Most covered dishes have lost their original glued on labels, but recently, a rare battleship covered dish, the Texas, sold at auction (in mint condition with labels intact) for a final bid of nearly eight hundred dollars


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Miami, March 15, 2010 -
Miami Dade College (MDC) Kendall Campus' Music, Theater and Dance Department is seeking contestants from local high schools in grades 9 through 12 to participate in its Third Annual High School Piano Competition and Scholarship Audition.
The annual high school competition and audition is open to high school students currently enrolled in
either Miami-Dade or Broward County schools. Students enrolled in private or charter high schools are also eligible to apply.
Interested students can't be older than 18 years of age and must apply via the online application available at: www.mdc.edu/kendall/mtd/mtdkeyboardapp.asp.
The application deadline has been extended to Friday, March 19, 2010. The audition performances will be held the following week at MDC's Kendall Campus.
Once a student's application has been received, they will be notified of their audition time. The scheduling blocks for the Wednesday, March 24, 2010 audition are from 9 a.m. to noon.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winning applicants in the following categories: first place $150; second place, $100; and third place $50. There is also a music scholarship prize and it will be offered to qualified high school seniors interested in attending MDC's Kendall Campus.
The rules of the competition are:
· Participants will have a 10-minute period to perform.
· Contestants must prepare two (only) solo compositions, which clearly contrast in tempo and character (one fast and one slow.) Each sonata or sonatina movement counts as one composition. Types of compositions include but are not limited to: Sonatas, Preludes, Fugues, Scherzos, Ballads, Intermezzos, Toccatas, and Dances.
· Only standard published solo piano music may be used. No concertos or chamber works will be allowed.
· Compositions must be prepared in their entirety and without repeats (unless required by compositional form). If it is clear that time will run out, judges may ask a student to move to a later juncture in a composition (e.g., to the coda). Monitors will stop performances when time limits have been reached.
· Both compositions must be performed from memory.
· Participants must perform the works listed on the application.
· One score of each composition (not photocopied) must be brought for the judges.
· Contestants will be judged on degree of difficulty, tone, rhythm, style, execution, memory, and musicianship.
· Other than a cushion if needed, no apparatus, furniture, or attachment may be brought into the audition studio.
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Earlier today, there were reports that the Red Sox and Tino Martinez were in talks to have Martinez join Boston's coaching staff as their hitting coach. Yankee fans were horrified. Tino in a Sox uniform? The horror!
Well, fret no more kids. Danny Knobler reported via his Twitter account that Martinez has been named hitting coach for the Miami Marlins.
The move came out of nowhere but that's the way these things go sometimes. Remember Mark Teixeira's signing? Or even the A-Rod trade? And no, I'm not comparing these moves, I'm just saying that baseball is, well, unpredictable.
Honestly, I would have been happy for Tino either way and it'll be good to see him back in baseball once again.


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LONDON - Maurice Levy, chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, has said that it is better if Havas stays independent in the wake of speculation that the two French groups could merge.
Levy, speaking on French radio over the weekend, said that it was unlikely that Publicis would act as a white knight to rescue Havas if rival WPP Group made a takeover bid.
He said: "For us, the best scenario would be the status quo. That is, Havas remains independent with a strong key shareholder. It is the best solution for us. I want to stress this so that there is absolutely no ambiguity."
The future of Havas is uncertain in the wake of its failed takeover bid for Grey Global Group, which was bought by WPP Group last month.
French businessman Vincent Bollore, widely described as a "corporate raider", has been buying up shares in the company, and now owns around 15% of the company and is set to win two seats on its board.
It has been reported that Levy has been talking to Bollore about buying his stake in Havas, with the wider issue of keeping Havas in French hands at stake.
French pride has been pricked after losing three takeover battles in the advertising sector to British-owned WPP. Havas lost out in 2001 in the battle to take control of Tempus, and last year Publicis Groupe lost the fight for Cordiant Communications.
While the ideal solution in terms of national pride would be a merger between Havas and Publicis, potential client conflicts are understood to mean that the move is unlikely.
However, Levy did not rule it out completely. In the interview with Radio Classique, he said: "Some think Publicis would be the perfect white knight and that Publicis would come to the rescue. The answer is no, not necessarily. Maybe."
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This year at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, located in California, those in attendance were treated to quite the surprise. Midway through a performance by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur appeared on stage. But here's the thing: Tupac has been dead since 1996. The image, a hologram created by the company Digital Domain, stunned the audience. Who knew that an image so real could be conjured on stage in front of a crowd of thousands? Also, SINCE WHEN HAVE WE HAD HOLOGRAMS?
So what's happening with holographic technology and when did this technology become available? And does this mean that all of those futuristic images we see in movies are out there somewhere that I've never seen? Well, not quite. For starters, the Tupac hologram was not technically a hologram. According to Dictionary.com, a hologram is a "three-dimensional image formed by the interference of light beams from a laser or other coherent light source," which the Tupac image was not.
The Tupac image onstage was more of a modern take on an old-fashioned illusion, in which magicians would conjure "ghosts" by projecting images onto transparent materials. According to James Montgomery, a reported for MTV News, "There's an overhead projector that sort of reflects down onto basically a tilted piece of glass that's sort of on the stage floor. That then reflects the, well, reflection onto a mylar sort of screen, and it projects in this sort of 3-D kind of thing where it allows the other performers to sort of walk in front of Tupac and basically interact [with] him."
But technicalities aside, the image of Tupac was amazing, impressive, incredibly realistic, and a huge step forward for holographic technology. People loved it, and are willing to pay to see it, and it would not be surprising to see "holograms" of other deceased stars begin to appear with increasing frequency. With the reaction the performance resulted in, and the potential earnings involved, companies are sure to invest in holographic technology in the coming years, and we are sure to see huge advancements from the technology currently available.
Although the image of Tupac was incredible, holograms such as that seen in Star Wars when R2D2 projects the image of Princess Leia are still far from being commonplace. Projecting an image onto a transparent surface, as was done on stage at Coachella, is significantly easier than projecting an image in open air, and that still cost Digital Domain more than it wanted to pay. Just about any "hologram" you see nowadays will involve reflection onto some surface, and it will be a long time before we see the free-floating holograms from Star Wars.
Sources: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/04/17/150820261/how-that-tupac-hologram-at-coachella-worked


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The penultimate chapter of KILLABLE, the storyline that will change Wolverine as we know him forever!Wolverine is confronted with the mastermind behind the bounty on his head.Meanwhile, the virus is in its final stages of a hostile takeover of the human race!
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Tune a Tablesaw For High Performance
Are tablesaw tune-up kits really worth the money? We replaced the belt and pulley on our tablesaw for an extended test. Here are the results.
Woodworking catalogs offer tablesaw tune-up kits with a link belt and new pulleys. We wondered whether these items and changes make a difference, and whether they are worth the money and effort. To find out, we got a kit and installed it on a Delta contractor-style tablesaw. The rationale behind the product makes sense: Machined pulleys are better balanced, so they run more smoothly than stamped ones. A link belt eliminates the problem of belt set - that's what happens when an ordinary belt sits for an extended period and forms humps matching the shape of the pulleys. When you turn on the saw, the humps in the running belt bounce over the pulleys and create vibration.
To see whether the products work, we removed the old stamped pulleys on the saw arbor and motor and replaced them with the machined and balanced pulleys. We used a straightedge to make certain the edges of the pulleys aligned with each other before tightening them. It was easy to add or remove links from the drive belt so it matched the length of the old V-belt. After replacing the belt guard, we switched on the saw and managed to balance a 1.35mm-thick dime on edge on the table while spinning a 3/4" stacked dado blade. Even months after the upgrade, the saw still purrs along. For our money, these upgrades proved worthwhile. (Cost: about $50 postage paid from In-Line Industries. Call 800-533-6709 or visit in-lineindustries.com).
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I added a Link belt to my delta table saw and it works great no vibration at all9/12/2015 06:39:00 PM Report Abuse
The older link belts that I use have a specified direction of rotation. If this is still the case for the newer units, then the pictured saw has a belt that is incorrectly installed. Some belts come with arrows printed on them that indicate the correct direction of rotation.4/26/2015 11:52:17 AM Report Abuse
I too replaced my old belt with a typical Harbor Freight Link Belt and it runs like a top, No Vibration at all!10/2/2014 11:23:54 AM Report Abuse
I've been using the link belt on a 32 year old Craftsman contractor saw (made by Delta) for a long time. The cast pulleys work just fine. I had to replace a couple because they wore out. The vibration is zero even after years of use.3/9/2012 09:32:15 PM Report Abuse
I bought one of those link belt kits for my table saw. After I installed it my table saw vibrates more now than it did before. I checked the pulleys and they are fine. I determined the belt was at fault so I switched to the old V belt, Vibration is minimal. So gentlemen link belts are not all the same. I believe a good V belt may work just as well with cast pulleys.3/9/2012 07:23:03 AM Report Abuse
I changed all the belts I had in the shop with link belts, Wow. The 3 speed band saw bounced all over the shop prior to this, now just as smooth as a babies........Drill press the same...I'm happy with link belts, you bet3/8/2012 08:26:25 PM Report Abuse
I replaced the v-belt with a link belt, a much better result of lower vibration. I also changed the pulleys and belt with In-Lines performance kit. Decreased vibration two fold. I also increased performance on the saw using In-Lines "Contractor Saw PALS" to align the blade. Only 20.00 and postage and made alignment much easier. NO Im not a salesman or owner of In-Line, just a satisfied customer and professional educator in the Trades.3/8/2012 03:56:49 PM Report Abuse
Suggest you do not replace a stamped pulley without comparing it to a cast pulley. Quite often, the OEM stamped pulley will serve just as well. It did for me!3/8/2012 01:55:08 PM Report Abuse
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I am 32 weeks pregnant.I weighed 68 kg before pregnant.Now I weigh 83kg.Is it a normal weight or overweight.How much is the normal weight I should gain actually?
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"Merry Christmas to my Motherland, Nigeria! Born in 1914, you are 98 years now. In the realm of motherlands, you are no longer a baby. But the harsh experiences you have had — rape, robbery, battery, verbal abuse — have left you in diapers when you should be a sage among other motherlands. You have gone through rough times: in the hands of foreigners and your children.
Even before you were born, the British had seized you and kept you under their control. Under the guise of giving you a new life, they raped you and exploited you. They took away your freedom. They gave you a name that suited them. They changed the course of your life. They forced their ways on you. They treated you with contempt. They took away your wealth with impunity.
However, being the strong woman that you are, you survived the British and all their machinations. When the British ordeal was over in 1960, you heaved a sigh of relief. You laughed, sang, danced and rejoiced over your freedom. Your ululation reverberated across the planet. You had great expectations. You were certain of a great future. Even your neighbours and distant acquaintances were somewhat envious of what you would turn out to be, given your enormous potential. They could see how fertile and richly endowed you were. They could see the number and quality of children you had given birth to. They could see your strength and ingenuity as well as those of your children. They could see that you were a good mother that would raise her children in an upright way.
But the celebration had not died down before your children became drunk with power and greed. They began to steal from you. Should a child with everything at his disposal steal from his mother? A good child should not. But your children did. They fought so much over the control of your family that a war of 30 months broke out and claimed the lives of over a million of your children. You have watched helplessly as your children slaughtered one another in their thousands. You watched helplessly as your little children were killed by starvation and malnutrition. You cried as you buried your children. You cried even more as you watched many of your children left unburied by the roadside and forests, serving as food for carrion eaters. Oh, how much you wept for your children! But you did not lose hope. Great Mother, you did not crumble.
Your conviction was that the blood of your children shed in that war would serve as a lesson for your surviving children to build a stronger and happier family. You were certain that no more would your children bicker over trivialities, given the enormous wealth you have kept at their disposal.
But events have shown that your children learnt nothing from that war. If you children stole from you before that war, now they rob you in broad daylight with impunity. As each group takes over the control of the family, hopes would rise that there would be growth and peace in the land. But sooner than later, such hopes evaporate.
You have waited for over 52 years for your children to get their act together. You have believed in them and have refused to give up on them. But what you get regularly from them is failure, disappointment and betrayal.
But your patience has grown thin. You have asked yourself repeatedly: When will these children be responsible? When will they make you a proud and happy mother? You have asked yourself where you have gone wrong in raising your children. You have instilled enough discipline in them. You have fed your children well. You have provided enough resources to go round, with natural resources in all nooks and crannies. You live in a climate that is the envy of the world: no extreme cold weather, no extreme hot weather, no earthquake, no hurricane, no tsunami, no storm, no drought. Therefore, when the rest of the world groan and mourn because of natural disasters, your children experience no such thing.
Yet more of your children suffer and die from man-made disasters than in climes which suffer natural disasters. Mothers and their babies die during delivery because of poor health care. Babies die from preventable diseases because of non-availability of standard medicare. Road accidents occur because of bad roads, claiming the lives of your children. Many who are lucky to have survived such accidents die in the hospitals because the hospitals are poorly equipped. Children sit on the floor to be taught in schools because funds for school facilities have been embezzled by some people. Your children sleep in darkness because the money for electricity supply cannot be accounted for.
But your inner strength is amazing, Great Mother. In spite of all the injuries and pains inflicted upon you, you remain strong. In spite of the disappointments and heartbreaks you have suffered in the hands of your children, you have not given up. The weight of the burden you have borne for your children has bent you, but it has not broken you or destroyed you. You have looked on in faith that some day it will be well with your home. You have remained hopeful that one day, your children will make you a proud mother.
Pardon us, Mother, for our thoughtlessness. Pardon us for our waywardness and greed and cantankerousness. It may take time, but we shall turn a new leaf and make you a proud mother.
May it be well with you, Mother, in the morning. May it be well with you in the afternoon. May it be well with you at night. May your children who don't wish you well have a change of heart. May there be justice, peace and laughter in your home.
As this year winds down, may 2013 usher in a new phase for you: a phase of peace, growth, prosperity and happiness. Merry Christmas to a special and longsuffering Mother. It shall be well with you, Nigeria!


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"Love & Hip Hop" star Kimbella Vanderhee have welcomed a little girl named Bella into the world. Kimbella took to twitter to share the pic of the little beauty tweeting:
"Welcome the newest angel to our beautiful family.. Bella Monroe James. @thejuelzsantana here's your favorite"
It looks like Kimbella and Juelz are back together again as she has posted a few pics of the couple having fun times!
Congrats to the couple!
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Stephen Moore is an English actor, known for his work on British television.
Moore was born in Brixton, London
He is known for his appearances in Rock Follies and other TV series such as The Last Place on Earth, the children's series The Queen's Nose and the drama Mersey Beat and the British TV comedy series Solo, as well as numerous appearances on stage at The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and London's West End.
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This collection of unique cave houses has received top architectural awards around the world. Les Maisons De Cappadoce is situated in the heart of historical village Uçhisar, offering stunning views of Cappadocia. Each house and studio is unique, with its own style and special features. There are a range of house sizes, from 2 to 6-person capacity. Les Maisons De Cappadoce also features a honeymoon cave with an elegant garden. All houses have kitchen facilities. Breakfast is included and offers fresh fruits, homemade jam and fresh bread. Facilities at Les Maisons De Cappadoce include a library, free wireless internet and free car parking. The hotel can organise outdoor activities including cultural excursions with official guides, balloon flights and horse riding. Transfer from the airport can also be arranged upon request.
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Shots rang out at Heritage Grove Thursday night, which is home to many of FSU's fraternities.
A man was beaten and robbed in the parking lot there, and FSU police are still looking for three cars which sped from the scene.
FSU police say it all started with a confrontation between two groups of friends at the Baja Beach Club, and it ended with four shots fired in the parking lot at Heritage Grove.
MAJ Tom Longo with the FSU Police Department says, "One young man was pulled from his vehicle. He was beaten and robbed and someone fired shots into the air with a handgun. No one was struck by the shots; they were apparently fired into the air."
FSU police plan to talk with club-goers and residents at Heritage Grove as they try to track down a gray Camry, a white Range Rover and an orange Chevy Caprice that fled the scene early Friday morning.
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That's very difficult to answer without seeing the house. As one poster said, the prep is the most important part. On newer homes that don't have a lot of peeling paint, the prep can be very minimal even as low as a couple or a few hundred dollars for the prep labor.
On a 100 year old home with 12 coats of peeling paint on it, then the prep costs can be very high and can easily exceed 50% of the job's labor cost.
A 2100 sq ft two story home could easily cost $1000 just for the labor to prep for the paint job. That number could climb too. Throw in lots of caullking or window glazing, and you could be talking a couple or a few hundred dollars more for labor.
Painting that home with one coat of paint and a different color on the trim could run roughly $1000 or more just for labor. Add a second coat and that could cost close to another $1000 for labor.
For paint, you may need 20 gallons of paint. You can pay from $30-$70 for a gallon of good quality exterior paint. The manufacturer of the paint should be specified in any painting contract. Otherwise, the contractor could bid at a Sherwin-Williams $60 per gallon paint and then paint the house with $35 Valspar and pocket the difference. $25 dollars per gallon times 20 gallons? That's a pretty penny too.
That was the long answer to your question. The short answer is $2000 to $4000 and up, depending upon the amount of prep, the number of coats, the amount of trim, and the paint used.
You have to put your self in the shoes of a business that is in business to turn a profit of some sort. All businesses have different overhead which in turn decides what their bottom line would be on their services. I personally would not go with an unlicensed professional for this type of install. You are messing with gas, venting issues, electrical wiring{electric water heater} and updated code issues such as a drain pan and tempature and relief drain lines for heaters that currently do not have them. I do agree that there are some companies that are way out of line for their installs but most of these companies are the really big companies that have very high overheads I would assume. Tank type water heaters have changed over the last several years and with these safety changes come bigger prices. The price of steel thanks to China is skyrocketing and tank type water heaters are made of steel. Most wholesale plumbing supply companies cannot match what the big box stores are selling at retail to consumers. I happen to think from research that heaters such as Rheem, Bradford White and AOSmith who have been in business forever make a better product than what you can buy in the big box outlets. You also have to take in consideration the location of the water heater that is being replaced. Is it in the house, basement, garage or attic. Most 40 and 50 gallon water heaters that are purchased in a plumbing wholesale store in Texas cost between 300-340 for a 6 year warranty heater with 6 year on parts and tank. Speaking of warranty. Most big box companies will take a least 24 hours to a week to get your warranty problem taken care of. Most reputable plumbing companies will give same day service if they installed the heater.
So lets break down a typical install at cost to a licensed plumber in Texas
Heater: $315, water shut off $6.50, water flex lines or unions to code $20, gas flex line and cut off to code $12, misc fittings $15, Total $368.50 Lets add a 35% profit which is some what low for a business $129, Total 497.50
This doesnt include permits, pan and drain or any venting issues. The vent must go from the heater to the outside of roof using double wall vent.
Cost of permit on average $60
Most plumbing companies allow for 3 hours of time for a water heater. This includes picking the new one up. Delivering out to house. Draining and removing old water heater. Hauling off old heater. Installing new heater up to code. Going down to city and pulling permit.
Average Labor charges for heater installs $400
That would make this install run without extras on any code issues $957.50
I just had a 50 gallon gas water heater installed in my house for $1200 but I needed a pan installed. I used a licensed plumber.
An itemized list / cost breakdown, more often than not is used against the contractor when it is shared with other builders who will then beat it.
Good contractors use good people, and good people cost more. Just the cost of having the appropriate insurance / bond can be the difference between winning a job or losing it ot a 'lower bid'.
It is the rule of three; there is Good, Cheap and Fast. You can have any two: Good and Cheap, won't be Fast; Good and Fast, won't be Cheap; Cheap and Fast, won't be Good!
When comparing bids, it isn't the cheapest or the 'nicest' person you should select. You should understand why there is a large price difference (it shows there are gaps in your design program or what you have asked for specifically, which means there may be arguments later). If most of the bids are in line, and one is way high or way low, you want to know why before dismissing or selecting them.
A price-only decision almost always costs more in the long run.
Good luck!
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About 15 days later my wife started to have symptoms of having the same UTI infection (about a week after finishing the anti-biotic). The emergency room was very busy that night and we had to wait for over an hour before being seen by a triage nurse. We waited about another 30 minutes and then got back to a treatment room. My wife had asked for a portable toilet, so she would not have to run back and forth to the restroom every 5 minutes. The nurse said they did not have any (we passed one in the hall way going in). The first time we went to the emergency room, they gave her one immediately. We waited about another 45 minutes until the doctor came in (I did not get her name). She was very good and introduced herself and went through everything with us. She ordered a urine culture and ordered antibiotic injection. She also told the nurse to get my wife a portable toilet and it was in the room in less than 5 minutes. I wish this hospital had more doctors like her. I also think that the emergency room was understaffed for the amount of patients that night. We had to wait another 40 minutes after the doctor visit to have the nurse give my wife the antibiotic injection. She also prescribed , which was proven in the culture to that bacterial that was present in the culture. I think they have some good personnel there, but seem to be staffed very light. A nurse told us that they now have people coming in from outside our area, because the wait times were so short. I guess that does not apply anymore. I also noticed that they could use a better cleaning staff since the room looked like it had not had the floor cleaned in a week. I just think this hospital could do a lot better and provide better emergency care.
.The bills began to come in from Doctors and Labs and we were told by our insurand company that the hospital's bill to us should have been $ 788.39, a difference $ 5312.61. This was the adjusted amount after the insurance audit.
This information was transmitted by the insurance company to the hospital.
Now, four months after they made the original error, has the refund "in process" and has been unwilling to provide more information.
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CMS proposes cuts to mental health services reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published its proposed rule on the 2011 Medicare fee schedule, and our regulatory team has completed an analysis of the lengthy and complex regulation. In addition to reflecting an expected cut to all services as a result of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and changes to the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) payments, the rule would significantly negatively impact psychological and other mental health services due to revisions to the medical economic index (MEI).
Specifically, CMS is proposing to "rebase" the MEI by linking it to data from the 2006 physician practice survey and "revise" it by making changes to nine expense categories such as medical equipment, chemicals, materials and supplies. The changes would result in an increase in practice expense values. However, because the agency is required to remain budget neutral in its rulemaking, CMS would impose a 4% across the board reduction to the work component for all services. CMS would not change the work values assigned to each code but instead lower the payment by reducing the conversion factor that the work value is multiplied by. The net result is that work-intensive specialties would see a decrease, while practice expense-intensive specialties would see an increase.
Psychologists and social workers would experience the deepest projected average cut of 5% because mental health services are most heavily weighted toward work values. Psychiatrists, emergency medicine doctors and anesthesiologists would each face a 3% cut. Radiation therapy centers (+8%), portable x-ray suppliers (+6%) and diagnostic imaging centers (+6%) would see the greatest increases because of their reliance on costly technology and overhead. In addition, psychology and social work are already scheduled to receive an additional 2% cut due to the second year implementation of 2009 practice expense adjustments, through which practice expense was also increased at the expense of mental health and other work-intensive specialties.
CMS has repeatedly made changes to Medicare formularies that have significantly devalued and reduced reimbursement for the time and expertise of health care professionals. It is simply wrong for CMS to continually cut reimbursement for cost-effective services to boost payment for expensive equipment and overhead that are driving the inflation of health care costs. Patients and providers cannot afford for the federal government to fail to address this recurring problem.
Since our primary opportunity to influence the rule is through the regulatory rulemaking process, APA first submitted a comment letter objecting to the cuts and arguing that psychologists should not be penalized for providing cost-effective services with minimal overhead.
Second, taking advantage of the Practice Organization's lobbying presence and relationships on the Hill, we reached out to key allies and persuaded members of Congress to weigh in directly with CMS. Citizen psychologists worked quickly to signal grassroots support and were able to ensure the letter sent a strong message with an impressive bipartisan list of 22 signers. The Representatives have pressed Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D. to prevent an access crisis in Medicare mental health services by taking into consideration the disproportionate impact on mental health and more fairly apportioning the burden.
We are hopeful that CMS will reconsider the revision before the rule is finalized in November. However, if CMS refuses to recognize the disproportionate impact on mental health, we will not give up the fight. We will need your help and that of our allies to persuade Congress to step in.
Thanks for your ongoing support. While we face significant challenges in our efforts to ensure fair reimbursement for psychological services, we will continue to work together in a deliberate manner combining direct lobbying, grassroots mobilization and political giving to increase the prospects for the best possible result for psychologists and the patients you serve. We will keep you posted.
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My sisters regularly complained that they felt like they were being watched by someone when they sat in that room with their boyfriends. Perhaps my father was checking up on them through some shifty, covert means, but I don't think so. They swore that there was a presence in the room with them, and it would become so powerful and unnerving that they and their boyfriends would be forced to leave. It became too frightening to stay. Growing up, I had this same experience when I used to practice the trumpet in that room by myself. The presence would become so strong, looming right behind me, that I finally had to put the trumpet down and run out, not looking back.
In my teenage years, my friends and I began to toy with the paranormal and actually tried to make friends with the "ghost." We held a séance, and nothing happened at that time, but soon afterward we felt we had made contact through a very peculiar means. My parents had bought an old RCA record player, which was mounted on the wall in one corner of the room. When we played records in that room, we noticed that the ghost liked certain songs and didn't like others. With some songs, the presence would become very strong, almost to the point of appearing. On the other hand, when we played songs the ghost didn't like, the room filled with agitation. For instance, the ghost liked "Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues. It hated "Wild Thing" by The Troggs. There was an electrical short in the record player, so that occasionally it would give out a loud, screeching noise through the speakers. It seemed to happen randomly, but then we realized, in our innocent—or should I say ignorant and childlike?—way, that the screeching wasn't always random. Sometimes it was, but sometimes it was purposeful and creepy. If the ghost didn't like a song, it would make the record player screech. When it screeched, we'd yell, "Shut up!" And it would stop right on cue. This happened time and again. It was sort of a game. The ghost seemed to play with us, and we played with it, through the stereo.
This came to a head one day when my friend Mark and I were sitting next to the stereo listening to "Wild Thing." The 45 RPM record of "Tuesday Afternoon" sat right above it on the disc, ready to come down and play next. To our amazement, the room suddenly filled with agitation. Something moved in the direction of the record player. Both of us watched from less than two feet away as the arm of the record player rose. "Tuesday Afternoon" was lifted up in the air and the needle raced and scratched across "Wild Thing." Then the "Wild Thing" record lifted off the player, flew across the room, hit the fireplace, and broke into pieces. "Tuesday Afternoon" gently came back down onto the record player, the needle set onto the record, and the song began to play. We screamed. We ran. We cried in terror as we told my parents. But, like many ghost stories, there wasn't much we could do about it. We weren't hurt, so we sort of forgave the ghost and let it go. We stayed away from the room for a few weeks, but eventually went back in. I remember saying to myself a hundred times, maybe even a thousand times, that this couldn't have happened! But it did. It defied all the laws I had been taught, but it happened, and all I could do is accept that some weird things happen, and that we just had to live with it.
Living with it became fairly easy. In fact, my best friend and I spent so much time in that room, doing homework, listening to records, watching television, or talking, that we both became skilled at knowing exactly what part of the room the presence was occupying at the time. In our college years, one student came in and did a study of the room. In a controlled experiment, my friend and I were able to independently pick out where the ghost was in the room nine out of ten tries.


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A trinket aka bookmark from Karen
I just went out to grab the mail and found this waiting for me:
It's a trinket from Karen – who also made this bookmark – made specifically for me!! So fun! So sparkly! Can you tell that Karen is a fan of Jade and the Dowser Series (& me, YAY!)?
Clever, clever. How many references to the Dowser Series can you find/see here? Some might be more subtle than you think … like the flip-flops.
Karen – I just adore this – thank you so much!! I have it hanging on my computer monitor right now. It will keep me company while I write Dowser#3.
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I am so happy the bookmark arrived safely and in one piece! it
was a lot of fun to make and the 'icing on the cake' was the last charm I found….a cupcake! glad you love it!! I am really looking forward to dowser #3! Keep writing! ❤.
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The Union Gospel Mission clinic provides dental care services to an underserved population in St. Paul. On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings throughout the year, dental, dental therapy, and dental hygiene students may opt to take advantage of this volunteer opportunity. Students may provide patient care or observe based on the level of clinical instruction they have received at the School of Dentistry. Students that have completed their Oral Surgery rotation are able to provide dental extractions.
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