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2007 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 - It's On CornWritten by Jeff Smith on March 1, 2009 Contributors: Wes Allison Dan Schoneck's supercharged, 1,000HP, SMOTY-winning, E85-devouring Shelby GT500
There is a subtle shift occurring in car crafting. The '08 Car Craft Summer Nationals played it out in sharp detail for those who notice. It isn't exactly a disturbance in The Force but present nonetheless. The majority of cars are familiar machines powered by '60s monster-cubed engines thumping the ground with nasty cams that sound like they could make at least 1,000 hp at the flywheel. The alternate beat was also there. It embraces the new generation of engines that has been powering Detroit for the past decade. An example is Dan Schoneck's mild-mannered '07 Shelby Mustang. Nothing protrudes through the hood, and its idle quality could almost be described as mild. It has a bark to it, yet it cloaks a more sinister power level.
During all this commotion at the Nationals, Dynotune USA's Andy Wicks mentions, "Hey, I know this guy Dan Schoneck who owns a Mustang that should be part of your Street Machine of the Year competition." We agree, with no knowledge of what's under the hood. It's a late-model Shelby, so it's not to be taken lightly, but we're also thinking, How bad can it be? The Shelby idles up to the parking lot in front of the chassis dyno and Dan and Andy trade insults that only friends are allowed to fling. Dan signs the paperwork to enter our event while Andy backs up the Mustang onto the chassis dyno.
Dan asks, "I can run the nitrous, right?" We have no rules about multiple power-adders, so I say, "Sure, go for it," while Andy spins the motor up on the dyno to put some heat in the engine. Chassis dyno veterans instantly recognize the distinctive characteristic all high-horsepower engines make on the dyno-they spin up fast.
Once Dan's Mustang is up on the cam, Andy hits the loud pedal and the Mustang surges for about two seconds-zip-bang-and the run is over. I try to catch the peak horsepower number up on the screen but notice Dan looks puzzled. "The nitrous didn't hit," Andy says. Nevertheless, the peak horsepower number is still a stunning 817 at the rear wheels. Anyone else would probably be thrilled, yet Dan is disappointed. They try one more pass, but the nitrous still doesn't trigger, so Dan has to be content with 800-plus. "It should have made 900," Dan says. "That was just a conservative hundred shot." We decide to take a closer look under the hood.
Stock Shelby GT500 Mustangs come with a blower-but not like this one. The OE Eaton package is gone, replaced with a centrally mounted ProCharger and tied directly into a custom-fabbed intake plenum that sits in place of the old blower.
"The hardest part of this whole install was that composite intake tube," Dan says. He should know, since he and his brother, Derek, own and operate Schoneck Composites, a company they run out of an old lumber building in tiny Minnesota Lake, Minnesota. Try to find nearby Mapleton first because Dan's town is not much more than a pair of burnout marks off Highway 22. Unless Dan gives you directions, you'll never find the shop. How laid-back is it? After 10 p.m., the bar in Mapleton has the closest food that doesn't come in a can. The Schoneck boys are regulars there.
But whatever calmness their rural residence provides is routinely shattered by the resonance of hundreds of thundering Mod-motor ponies. Therein lies the subtle shift we see between the old horsepower formula and where Dan is headed. He's made as much as 860 on the chassis dyno before, which means the 5.4L Ford motor is pushing 1,000-plus at the flywheel. And still, this Mustang could almost be described as pedestrian from the outside looking in. Sure, it's a little hard to start when the engine's cold-not because the Diablo tuner cold start isn't finalized but more likely because it burns E85. But that's the clinical term. Dan just says, "It runs on corn."
This is the magic fuel elixir that isn't difficult to find in Minnesota. Dan is literally surrounded by fields of potential ethanol. With an octane rating of around 105, it's stout enough to help him make a big horsepower number from a relatively small-displacement engine. We're only talking about a 5.4L engine. Do the math and the number equates to an impossibly small 331 ci, creating a devastating 3 hp/ci with the supercharger. Digging deeper, Dan is happy to tell you this isn't even close to a wild engine. The heads are just OE versions blessed with a brace of Ford GT DOHC cams. Dan's plan revolves around the one-two punch of a big ProCharger blower and the inescapable notion that four valves do a better job than just two.
Add cubic yards of air volume and 28 psi from the ProCharger F-1R blower with massive 160 lb/hr injectors (corn, remember?) and you have all the ingredients for monster power. Beck Mechanical in Texas built the fabricated lid that fits over the factory supercharger air-to-water intercooler. The now much larger intercooler reservoir is located where the battery used to sit up front in a fabricated tank built by Mark Wilkerson and the crew at RaceCraft in Madison Lake, Minnesota.
But the blower didn't just bolt in place. In fact, Dan says the Internet boobirds all said the F-1R couldn't be bolted to the 5.4L, which was all the motivation he needed to make it happen. Ford DOHC motors are wide, heavy engines stuffed into ponycar engine compartments, so there's not much real estate to squeeze in a blower, a drivebelt, and intercooler tanks. First Dan had to remove a couple of tubes from the radiator to plumb the 41/2-inch carbon-fiber tube from the air cleaner to the blower. This also demanded a custom mount and 10-rib blower pulley. Starting with an offset 12-rib pulley, Dan had APT Machine remove the rear flange, trim two ribs, and fabricate a new inner flange along with new blower mount spacers. Finally, the carbon-fiber tube started out as a piece of hardware-store PVC tube. Dan and Derek used it as a mold to make the tube with two layers of carbon fiber and Kevlar to give it strength. Then painter Dane Schendal coated it with epoxy clear. Dan says it sounds easier to make than it is, and he estimates with time and material, it cost him $2,500.
There's also the ordeal around building the return-style fuel system. Most of the aggravation settled around the Shelby's twin fuel tanks that straddle the driveshaft hump. While the MagnaFuel pump is the main fuel mover, Dan also uses a stock Mustang GT pump in the passenger side to transfer fuel to the driver-side tank along with return lines plumbed in as well. It's complicated, but it works. The main hassle, Dan says, is the blown 5.4 burns E85 at a prodigious rate and because the twin tanks don't fill well, the system balks at quick fuel stops.
Stories abound on this car, which is what makes it entertaining. Even the car itself didn't present itself in the normal way. Dan seeks out wrecked Mustangs as potential rebuilds, and he found one online that had been tagged hard in the rear with barely 2,200 miles on the clock. He rearranged the wrinkled sheetmetal and sold the original engine, building this one out of a similar iron-block 5.4L. With all this potential power, it required some additional modifications. The Car Craft Street Machine of the Year competition demanded that this car handle, and Dan's car just happened to be outfitted with a complete RaceCraft tubular front K-member and control arms. He retained the stock steering rack but added KW shocks and springs on all four corners. In the rear, RaceCraft supplied a Panhard bar, control arms, and an upper link.
Dan figured the stock Shelby Tremec six-speed would hold up with some careful tricks played by 6 Speeds but that the stock 8.8 would not be nearly as reliable. He went the classic Ford route with a complete RaceCraft 9-inch fitted with a 3.50:1 cog. This made it durable, so the next step could be bigger tires and wheels. Again, this all fit well into the Street Machine of the Year competition because handling and braking were the other two contests after the chassis dyno test. As this is a Shelby, Dan didn't have to go anywhere for excellent calipers and rotors, since 14-inch Brembos come stock on these cars along with slightly smaller discs in the rear. Steamroller rubber makes putting all that power to the ground much easier, so Dan went with a set of massive 20-inch Weld wheels in the rear mounted with a pair of Nitto Drag Radials.
All this barely contained kinetic energy didn't hamper Dan's ability to negotiate the autocross. After a few laps on Sunday as practice, he laid down sufficient laps to place Fifth overall, but because the late-model class was so competitive, winning the braking contest with an ABS-assisted 117-foot stopping distance combined with his Second Place dyno run with 817 hp was enough to squeak out a win over John King's Mustang, who also happens to be one of Dan's customers.
This is not the last challenge Dan wants to push the Shelby through. He has rather lofty expectations for this machine. We spoke to him days before we went to print and there's a new motor in the car now-an aluminum Ford GT 5.4 block with Fox Lake-ported heads, John Mihovetz-spec'd cams, and a similar rotator package. With the additional power, Dan wants this Shelby to be the first to run 9.80s on 20-inch radials and then take it to the Texas Mile event to be the first GT500 to run 210 mph in the standing-mile competition. He figures it'll take 1,000 rwhp to make it happen. And he's gonna do it all on corn.
Dan had just acquired a Ford GT chassis and is going to build carbon-fiber replacement body panels for the Ford Supercar.
Tech Notes
Who: Dan Schoneck
What: '07 Ford Shelby GT500
Where: Minnesota Lake, Minnesota-just south of Mankato, home of Mankato State University, which used to be known as a real party school.
Dan used an iron 5.4L Ford Mod to house a stock crank, Manley billet steel rods, Diamond 8.7:1 compression pistons, and an Innovators West 7.8-inch balancer (to overdrive the blower). What's amazing is the 32-valve DOHC Ford heads are OE-fresh with 1.45/1.26-inch intake and exhaust valves using only a set of Ford GT camshafts to help the induction process.
The primary focus of this whole power play is placed squarely on the ProCharger F-1R supercharger that's capable of 28 psi of boost. That seems like tons of intake pressure, but Dan's learned that using E85's excellent latent heat of vaporization advantages combined with a Beck Mechanical hat that fits over the factory intercooler keeps the boost at a manageable temperature to fend off the detonation monster. All that boost is of little help if the exhaust system isn't just as efficient, so Dan employs Stainless Works 17/8-inch headers to lead directly into a Stainless Works 3-inch exhaust system.
With all that power, you have to pay attention to the clutch. Dan chose a McLeod twin-disc system that feeds into the original Shelby Tremec six-speed that has been carefully Mikronited and cryogenically chilled by 6 Speeds. The Mustang also uses a Drive Shaft Shop 31/2-inch aluminum driveshaft.
Dan pitched the original 8.8 in favor of a narrowed RaceCraft 9-inch housing that is stuffed with massive 35-spline Mark Williams axles that slip into a Lenco billet locker differential spinning a set of 3.50:1 Strange gears.
Suspension: You'd think '07 Shelby handling bits would be sufficient, but Dan decided to drop the stock K-member in favor of a tubular unit from RaceCraft along with tubular control arms. Matching pieces in the rear include a RaceCraft Panhard bar and tubular chrome-moly control arms. All the pieces are adjustable so Dan can fine-tune the handling. KW shocks and springs polish off the jounce and rebound duties.
Brakes: Stock Shelbys come with massive 14-inch rotors and four-piston Brembo calipers for the front with two-piston rear calipers and 11.8-inch discs.
Wheels/Tires: Dan wanted the biggest wheel and tire package he could squeeze under the Shelby and managed to be in the right place at the right time to hook up a pair of 19x8-inch Weld BC-10 wheels to mount a pair of Nitto 275/35R19-inch 555 tires. "Nittos are the only drag radials I run on my drivers," Dan says, leaving the question of size to what would fit. He managed to wiggle a massive pair of 305/35R20-inch Nittos under the rear wheelwells mounted on Weld 20x10.5-inch wheels. The original Shelby sported 18x9-inch wheels with 255/40R18 and 285/40R18 tires front and rear.
Interior: New cars generally make too many mods difficult, so Dan limited his changes to a set of Auto Meter Cobalt gauges that include a tach-driven shift light, a boost gauge, and a wideband air/fuel ratio monitor. The only other nonstock piece is a Ford Motorsports shifter.
Crew: Dan had lots of help building this car, starting with his brother, Derek, his girlfriend, Andrea Adams, his mom, Mary Kay (who Dan says is also a real car freak), Beck Mechanical, Mark Wilkerson, everybody at RaceCraft, and Diablo and Andy Wicks at DynoTune USA, who helped with tuning.


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In addition to the work that Blue Jays players, coaches and staff do within the community, the organization is extremely proud of the Lady Jays and the time and effort they spend making Toronto a better place. Each year the Lady Jays support the following organizations:
On June 26, 27 and 28, the Lady Jays hosted the 31st Annual Lady Jays Food Drive in support of Food Banks Canada. Fans were able to donate non-perishable food items, provide monetary donations, and purchase grab bags which contained a player, coach, or alumni autographed baseball cap and other various Blue Jays items.
The Lady Jays Food Drive is the Blue Jays' longest standing community initiative, and each year raises awareness about hunger and food bank use in Canada. The 2015 Food Drive raised over $34,000 in monetary donations and 2,742 lbs of food. The food donations are shared with Food Banks Canada's local Affiliate Member food bank: Daily Bread Food Bank. Daily Bread Food Bank supports approximately 170 member agencies that operate a variety of food relief programs across Toronto. Financial proceeds are directed to Food Banks Canada to support its national programs.
Food Banks Canada supports ten provincial associations and over 480 food banks nationally. Through Food Banks Canada's National Food Sharing System, every dollar raised helps to acquire and share $20 worth of food and consumer products with individuals who require assistance. Food Banks Canada' works to alleviate hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow.
Any fans who wish to assist Canadians in need can do so by visiting foodbankscanada.ca or by visiting their local food bank to donate food, funds or volunteer their time.
On May 21, 2015, the Lady Jays volunteered to assist with the Sportsnet Charity Broadcast Auction presented by TD, held at Rogers Centre. The event, which raised funds for the Jays Care Foundation, allowed fans to bid on Blue Jays packages containing exclusive experiences and collections of memorabilia.
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Kelsa+ is a program that offers low-income support staff in modern offices Internet-connected PCs for free, unrestricted use during their off-duty hours. This project assesses how such a program affects workers' basic digital literacy, and how that it turn affects self-esteem, skill development and work opportunities.
Most formal organizations in developing countries employ support staff for tasks such as housekeeping, security, maintenance, and transport. Many of these workers in India come from disadvantaged, often rural, backgrounds, have studied no further than high school, and earn $50-200 per month. They have few on-the-job opportunities to upgrade their skills or learn new ones, and often remain caught in a low-growth career trajectory.
Kelsa+ (meaning "Work+" in Kannada) is an initiative through which organizations in developing countries can increase digital literacy and skill development among such low-income workers, through the provision of an Internet-connected PC for the support staff's free, unrestricted use when off duty. In this project, we ran a pilot implementation of this initiative at the Microsoft Research facility in Bangalore, through which the 35 workers employed as support staff at any given time have access to a dedicated, free-to-use, Internet-connected PC at the workplace.
Two initial studies (MSR-TR-2007-145 and ICTD2009 papers) around this initiative focused on tracking the usage of this resource by workers over time, employing a number of qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection and analysis. We found that it is not just that the facility is frequently used by a large share of workers, but that usage of the PC in such a shared environment, with peer support and institutionalized maintenance, led to gains in individual workers' basic digital literacy and related skills such as second-language (English) proficiency. In addition, we found indications of positive effects on workers' self-esteem. A few workers obtained new career opportunities as a result of their digital literacy skills.
The ICTD 2007 paper touches on early stages of the Kelsa+ project as one case in describing the tensions between agency and welfare aspects of development in ICTD projects. This builds on a core observation that often technology is used for entertainment applications, even among low-income users and even in donor-funded welfarist projects.
A more recent study (DEV 2010) assesses the potential for basic digital literacy skills to translate to supplementary income earnings for low-income workers. We find that there are significant user interface barriers that prevent low-income participants from using microtask websites like Amazon MTurk to complete projects and earn money on their own, even when the task itself (image annotation in this case) is tractable for them. We make a set of changes to the UI and Instruction modules of a target microtask and find significant improvement in performance by low-income users.
People involved: Researchers, Interns & Partners
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, Udai Singh Pawar, Sean Blagsvedt, Kentaro Toyama, Bill Thies
Shashank Khanna, Sambit Satpathy, Thanuja Subramanian, Lilian Zia, Itamar Kimchi, Gautam Prasad
Hope Foundation Bangalore
Shashank Khanna, Aishwarya Ratan, James Davis, and William Thies, Evaluating and Improving the Usability of Mechanical Turk for Low-Income Workers in India, in Proc. of DEV 2010, ACM, December 2010.
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, Sambit Satpathy, Lilian Zia, Kentaro Toyama, Sean Blagsvedt, Udai Singh Pawar, and Thanuja Subramaniam, Kelsa+: Digital Literacy for Low-Income Office Workers, in Proc. of ICTD 2009, IEEE, 19 April 2009.
Udai Pawar, aishwarya ratan, and Sean Blagsvedt, An Office 'Hole-in-the-Wall' Exploration, no. MSR-TR-2007-145, January 2008.
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan and Savita Bailur, Welfare, Agency and 'ICT for Development', in Proc. of ICTD 2007, IEEE, December 2007.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - One man was shot and survived in Southeast D.C. early Monday morning while another man was shot and killed in Southeast just a few hours later according to the D.C. Police.
The first shooting occurred at 19th and Trenton Place in Southeast in what MPD reported as a robbery. MPD was dispatched to the scene at 12:30 a.m. to find the man, who had been shot in the leg, conscious and breathing.
The second shooting took place at 1200 C Street Northeast. Police say they were dispatched at 2:15 a.m.. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, where MPD says they found him inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds in the abdomen or back.


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In order to ensure efficient and safe operation of this type of hydraulic cargo pumping system, a sound knowledge regarding its functioning is imperative. This course familiarizes the participant with all aspects of the system and enables them to operate it safely and efficiently. The participants are exposed to the layout of the hydraulic circuit; explanation of the working of the power packs; oil cleanliness aspects and its importance; troubleshooting aspects - dealt with logically, systematically and in detail; the various safety features of the circuit - various alarms / trips and the emergency overrides. The working of centrifugal pumps, both in parallel and in series, are also covered along with the capacity curves for the pumps and their interpretation and use for optimal cargo discharge. Stripping operation, cargo pump evaluation curves, analysis of purging results and use of the emergency portable pumping equipment also form part of this course.
The construction of the cargo pump is also covered in detail and various basic maintenance procedures (renewal of wear rings or cargo seals) explained. Two videos, one detailing cargo pump maintenance and the other dealing with operational aspects (loading / discharging / stripping / tank cleaning etc). are also shown. Finally, the participants are provided hands-on practice on the dismantling of the FRAMO cargo pump, replacing wear rings, cargo seals, mechanical oil seal and also the hydraulic motor bearings. They are also exposed to hands-on dismantling and troubleshooting the Flow Control Valve FCV-800 which functions as a 'governor' for the cargo pump. In summary, this course provides a forum for theory lecture delivery, exercises, hands-on dismantling / reassembly training and group discussions leading to improvement in competency and confidence in handling the FRAMO hydraulic and cargo equipment.
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Hey there,
I ran across an issue today that I solved, but wanted to share with the community.
I installed 32bit Outlook 2010 in Windows 7 Professional today, then install the 32bit Zimbra 7.2 Outlook connector. When I launched Outlook, the setup screen from Outlook came up asking me to configure a new profile, but it didn't ask me about the Zimbra server, etc. It was clear to me that the setup routine for the connector hasn't launched.
I tried several things, including repairing the connector installationg, and installing the new 7.2.1 pre-release connector, but I could never get the setup routine to launch.
In the end, I deleted the existing (new) profile using Control Panel > Mail > Profiles, then created a new profile. When I stepped through the mail setup screen, I selected "Manually configure server settings or additional server types" and selected "Zimbra Collaboration Server" under "Other".
Worked like a charm from there.
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|December 20, 2012
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The outlook for a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" by Christmas is increasingly grim, though lawmakers and the White House still have hope for a deficit-reduction compromise by the end of the year.
Republicans will move forward tonight with a vote to pass House Speaker John Boehner's so-called "Plan B option" – an extension of current tax rates for Americans making up to $1 million a year while replacing some pending automatic cuts to defense and domestic programs with other measures.
The step seeks to show Republicans acting to avoid an income tax hike on 99 percent of Americans in 2013, and leverage new pressure on President Obama in the ongoing talks for a broader "cliff" deal.
Obama has threatened to veto the legislation, calling it counterproductive and the cuts burdensome for the middle class. If the Senate were to consider the bill to stave off a looming tax hike, Democrats would surely amend it to enact more amicable terms.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/boehner-vote-plan-riles-fiscal-cliff-talks-obama/story?id=18026638


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Impact Markers offer returned-cylinder indicator option.August 26, 2011
Available in 1 and 2 in. stroke versions with respective max marking pressure of 1,500 and 2,500 lb, Model 78 Mite-E-Mark(TM) permanently stamps 1 or 2 characters into steel, aluminum, plastic, and various composites. Cycle time is less than 0.4 sec, and return cylinder indicator option is available for automation applications when it is necessary to know when marker is clear. Double-acting, air-operated impact marker is precision machined and chromed from steels weighted to minimize shock at impact. Read More
Sheet Metal Impact Markers are engineered for reduced noise.July 7, 2011
Powered by factory air and controlled by 4-way air valve with regulator, Slide-A-Mark(TM) features stamp holder mounted stationary on opposite side of part in molded sound suppressor material slightly raised above stamps. Impact force is consistent and can be varied by controlling actuation air pressure. With floating holder adapter, slight Not Square part issues can be accommodated. Strokes can range from 2½-12 in., while marking pressure remains same anywhere within stroke. Read More
Dot-Peen Marking System produces up to 5 characters/sec.July 7, 2010
I-Mark(TM) I-Series dot-peen marking system includes 7 x 7 x 7 in. marking head, mountable on 1 of 3 sides, that offers X-Y CNC movement provided by high-torque stepper motors and linear rails which mark up to five 1/8 in. high characters/sec. Pneumatic marking pin and carbide tip inscribe different materials including ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Communicating via Ethernet IP, Modbus, Serial, and I/O, system controller can be programmed remotely using included I-Mark Windows® software. Read More
Roll Marking Machine imprints one or both sides of bar stock.January 23, 2009
SuperDuty 20-20SD simultaneously imprints continuous identification information on square, hexagonal, or round bar stock, eliminating need for secondary marking operations. Suited for manufacturers with variations in part size and material type, heavy-duty machine can mark bars up to 300 lb and 3-20 ft long without adverse effects to spindle bearings and shafts. Featuring 2 independent marking pressure rams, machine offers setup and changeover times of 2 min. Read More
Air Impact Marker has low maintenance non-lube feature.August 18, 2008
Suited for marking lot codes, acceptance marks, or machine ID codes on metal and plastic parts as well as in staking, seating, or assembly operations, Mite-E-Mark(TM) features integrated position sensors that can detect when marker is in retract position. Smallest configuration of tool is 3 in. long, and has 1 in. of approach stroke from retracted position to point of part marking, while 2 in. approach stroke model offers 220 lb of impact force at 80 psi. Read More
Bench-Top Dot-Peen Marking System features third axis.June 19, 2008
With fully programmable operation and automatic serial numbering capability, Handy Andy system can carry out dot-peen marking on OD of round parts from PC. Third axis features 3.14 in. Rohm chuck, and ID/OD claws are included for versatile part fixturing. Three-axis stepper motor system connects to PC via USB interface and controls dot peen marking stylus, which is available in electric or pneumatic versions with respective marking capacities of .004 and .002 in. in standard steel. Read More
Dot Peen/Scribe Tag Marker marks silk-screened SS tags.April 25, 2008
Dot Peen/Scribe Tag Marker can place man-readable text in 5 different fields and also mark Square Dot(TM) UID/2D matrix codes on silk-screened stainless steel tags that attach to axles of military vehicles. Operated from 110 V, it offers production rate of 30 sec/tag and marking window of 1.6 x 2.3 in. Tags measure 1.25 x 3 in. and are 0.19 in. thick. System controller includes 15 in. TFT touchscreen, 2 USB ports, and Ethernet port for remote management. Read More
Air Impact Markers do not require lubrication.September 7, 2007
Using soft-impact marking action, Slide-a-Mark(TM) Series marks various metallic or non-metallic surfaces. Available in standard and high power ranges, Models 751 and 851 feature marking force of 8 and 10 tons, respectively with max suggested operating pressure of 80 psi. Standard tool has max approach stroke of 2½ in. However, either model can be ordered with max strokes of 4, 6, and 8 in. Both are equipped with fixed, internal flow or speed controls that do not require adjustment. Read More
Laser Marking Machine features safe visual verfication.August 13, 2007
Computer-controlled programmable fiber laser machine utilizes 20 W SUN-MATRIX high-speed fiber laser marking head to permanently mark 2D matrix codes and part numbers on cast iron automotive differential cases. Standalone machine lowers/raises carriers into marking position via pneumatic lift before parts are centered and clamped. During production, parts can be robotically or manually loaded and unloaded. Integrated electronic cameras enable mark verification. Read More
Laser Marking Systems feature air-cooled design.July 12, 2007
Utilizing pulsed fiber diode laser technology that develops same 1,064 nm wavelength as Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 lasers but in compact design, Columbia 10 and 20 W Systems eliminate need for sensitive optical components. E-Z Mark(TM) software features Windows-based user interface and enables systems to be tailored to customer's requirements with specific application for UID/2D marks. Standard marking functions include alphanumeric, bar codes, data matrix, UID, and graphics. Read More
Dot Peen Marking System places codes on oil pipe.February 22, 2007
Controlled via CNC, hand-held PM Micro(TM) places deep text, graphics, date codes, and sequential numbering marks on pipe and tubing for oil industry. Head is 5½ x 7 x 7 in. with marking window of 2.35 x 1.59 in. X-Y-Z CNC movement is provided by stepper motors and ballscrew drives that produce 300 mm/sec speed which marks up to 8 characters/sec. Delivering 1/8 or 3/16 in. high characters, portable system can inscribe many different materials, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Read More
Marking System is suited for use as end effector on robots.January 4, 2007
DMM 20 dot-peen/scribe marking head features marking window of .80 x .80 in. and marking speed of 2 sec for UID/2D Matrix code. Movements of cylindrical unit are operated by standard EasyMarker® controller with 4 line LCD and standard keyboard for data input. Actuation of marking head is integrated to serial or I/O control systems of robots or automation, and 10 in. long, 4 in. dia, 6.5 lb device also includes electrical and marking cables. Read More
Dot-Peen Marker offers marking window of 2.36 x 1.18 in.November 10, 2006
Measuring 10½ x 5½ x 3½ in. and weighing 6.5 lb, all-electric Model HMG 60 provides marking speed of three 1/8 in. characters/sec with max marking force of 20 lb. Hand-held unit includes integrated cycle button in handle and has two 2-axis stepping motors that move peen marking head to produce legible marks. Device is controlled by EasyMarker controller with 4-line LCD screen, and input is made through standard EasyMarker keyboard. Read More
Machine Control suits marking systems applications.October 5, 2006
With features and remote troubleshooting capabilities specific to part marking and vision reading applications, PCS-2000 works with dot-peen, laser, and scribe marking machines. On-screen video programming, displayed on 15 in. LCD monitor with 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution and touchscreen keyboard, shows operators how to input or change marking information. Product is preloaded with Windows® XP Professional and additional software designed for specific marking applications. Read More
Part Rotators enable marking of round part ODs.June 22, 2006
Equipped with 80-150 mm chuck driven by industrial stepper motor, part rotators allow peen, scribe, and laser marking on OD of round parts. Products mount directly to T-slots of EasyMarker(TM), PM Micro(TM), Handy Andy(TM), as well as DPS dot peen and scribe marking machines and systems. Available with high-speed DPS machines, optional servo drive delivers speeds up to 10 characters/sec. For high-production systems, rotators are fitted with automatic workholding devices. Read More
Peen Marker handles thin-wall and lightweight bottles.January 18, 2006
Richter UniGrav(TM) system, complete with keyboard and controller, interfaces with existing Windows® 95/98/NT systems using included SIGNUMERIC software, which can be used to create required marking program. Machine uses roll marker clamping and locating technology with peen marking head. System design permits user to use servo or stepper motor drive for marking capabilities up to 10 or 5 characters/sec with 0.005 or 0.02 mm positioning accuracy. Read More
In-Line Dot Peen Marking System prints on moving parts.August 23, 2005
Suited for metal processing operations, In-Line-Marker (ILM) employs fixed, air-operated Richter dot peen marking head equipped with 7 or 9 marking styli positioned in-line. Unit offers on-the-fly marking capability and has computer control system that determines when and where dot impressions are placed to produce text, serial numbers, logos, or dates and time. Standard and optional units handle respective line speeds to 3.93 and 9.84 ips. Read More
CNC Marking Machine offers 3 in 1 functionality.May 13, 2005
With 3 modular marking head options, DPS marking machine can perform dot peen, scribe, and laser marking. Design utilizes x-y slide arrangement driven through bellows-protected, linear ballscrews. Standard machine is all-electric, and air-operated units for deep marks are also available. Machine, offered in 4 models, can use servo or stepper motor drive for respective marking rates to 10 or 5 characters/sec with 0.005 mm or 0.02 mm repeatability. Read More
Marking System makes dot peen marks on steel and aluminum.December 22, 2003
Handy Andy(TM) pneumatic, fully-programmable, bench-top marker can apply serial numbering, date codes, job numbers, lot numbers, and logos. PC software works with Windows® 95/98/2000/NT4/XP and provides pull-down menus, icons, hot keys, and text orientation control. Two-axis stepper motor connected to PC by serial interface connection controls marking stylus. Pneumatic dot peen force is 14.5 psi max, which allows for marking fragile parts. Read More
Impact Markers handle marking pressures to 12 tons.July 29, 2003
Double-acting, air-operated Slide-A-Mark models 651 and 851 utilize same cylinder body and bolt-mounting pattern and are offered with various keyed air-powered rod and stamp holder styles. Model 651 produces force range of ¼-6 tons, while Model 851 produces force range of 1½-12 tons. Markers utilize 2-stage impact marking sequence and fixed internal air passages that control speed. Strokes range from 2½-12 in., and marking pressure remains same anywhere within stroke. Read More
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Gabriel Roche, 18, of Republic, is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in the 2011 stabbing death of 17-year-old Weston North, also of Republic. A probable cause statement says North was stabbed and then begged for his life before Roche slit his throat.
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Everything the waterfront, the city center, the historic center and pedestrian area have to offer is at your doorstep! Whether you are looking for a beach to walk on the beach, cultural visits, typical or modern restaurants, shopping or nightlife, everything is in walking distance!
The apartment was renovated in 2013 with new materials and furniture. It is very well equipped, bright, elegant, clean, has a nice bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, high ceilings and can accommodate up to 4 people. Linen, towels, water, electricity and heating included in the price.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions! Hoping that our apartment allows you to make the most of our beautiful city of Nice, see you soon!
How to reach the apartment:
The apartment is located above Rue Alexandre Mari on a 3rd floor with elevator. It is easily accessible by most forms of transport. By car, take the exit for Acropolis from the fast lane. By train, we are two tram stops. By plane, take bus 98. Then, either by car, tram, bus or on foot, it very easy for you to go around Nice as the area is well served. Visit Nice and all its magnificent surroundings (Monaco, Cannes, Antibes, Italy etc.) is a breeze!
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We will meet you directly at the apartment. The time of arrival and departure must be agreed in advance. Arrivals are preferably after 5pm. Departures are preferably before 12 pm. Depending on availability, you will be able to leave your luggage.
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We enjoyed our stay in this studio, however were disappointed by two things. If the weather is warm the windows need to be open and the street noise is very loud. The second disappoinment is that the ceiling height of the mezzanine is about 5ft (1.5m) which means that any Tennant has to stoop. This is not apparent from the photos.
Nice, tiny appartment which was clean and tidy, very close to the shopping strip and 10 min to get to the beach. We didn't meet salvatore, but his cousin who nicely explained everything and handed out the keys.
Posizione ideale quasi fantastica, appartamento piccolo pulito e carino. Un po' caldo ma veramente una bella vacanza. Nizza è stupenda anche per chi ha bimbi piccoli come noi.
The apartment is absolutely brilliant - with a great terrace and a nice kitchen suitable for making breakfast and quick snacks. The host is very friendly and helpful – and quick to reply when contacted.
The apartment is located in the more quit part of Nice, and still only 700m from the beach very close to walking street and the old town. There is three Casino supermarket within 200-300m and two bakeries around the corner - the small funky organic "Bread" 50m up Gambetta and the big old school croissant pastry café on the of Gambetta corner. It's also quite easy to get there from airport if u take the cheap local bus 23 and get off at Alsace Lorraine (when u come from the airport it's the second stop on Gambetta). The apartment is also very close the Nice main train station – so u can get to Cannes in 30 min, and Monaco in 20 min.
Es hat alles super geklappt, die Betreuung durch Salvatore war ausgezeichnet, da er auch sehr flexibel ist.
Die Wohnung und die Wäsche waren sauber und aufgeräumt. Für uns war's perfekt
Très bel appartement dans immeuble de haut standing bien situé par rapport à la plage, le centre ville, la gare de Nice Ville et des commerces de toutes sortes.
De bons contacts avant et pendant notre séjour avec hôte très accueillant.
Logement tres bien situe car tout pres de la mer et aussi tres bien pour tout genre de transports. Pour l apt tres petit pour trois adultes le divan lit et le demi lit pas confortables trop durs. La vaisselle etait toute poussiereuse et la laveuse a linge ne fonctionnait pas et Salvatore devait venir voir et on ne l a jamais vu. La personne qui nous a recu le premier jour je crois qu il se nomme Alexandre a ete tres courtois et nous a donne plusieurs informations pertinantes pour notre sejour. Diane Paquette Bolduc, Ville de Sherbrooke Quebec Canada.
great location, had everything we needed, extremely small though.
We arrived in Nice, took a bus from the airport to Magnan bus stop (in front of the aparthotel) near Av. Californie as Salvatore advised us to do.
We have been welcomed by Salvatore's workmate Stefan, who showed us the apartment. The studio was ok, very clean and near the beach as Salvatore mentions on description. Swimming pool is basic but very clean and not crowded. There was a few issues like; there wasn't enough toilet paper, washing up liquid, sponge in the apartment so we bought some more at Casino supermarket which is 3 minutes walk from the apartment. Cooker didn't work as expected. There was a good coffee machine, kettle, toaster, microwave, cutlery, cups, plates and bowls etc... All clean and well organised. There was no bottle opener so the nice people at the reception arranged one for us. There was one sofa bed and one pull out bet. They are ok but a bit weak. Linen was provided which was very clean and well packed just like new. Wifi internet is fast and works 24h/day perfectly. There are restaurants, patisseries, supermarkets, pharmacies, pizza, breakfast, sandwich shops very near the aparhotel (5 minutes walk or less). Suitable for couple/small family. I would come back and I recommend this studio flat.
Très agréable séjour.
Nous avons été accueillies par Salvatore dès l'heure d'arrivée. Serviable et disponible !
Pour l'appartement il est équipé, fonctionnel, et surtout très propre ! Tout est mis à disposition. Bien situé.
Merci pour les conseils visites/sorties/resto qui nous ont été très utiles !
Il ne reste plus qu'à dire à bientôt ;)
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The Urban Land Institute's (ULI) noted in a recent report that despite the extraordinary devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, it was not particularly severe as storms go.
Sandy left numerous unanswered questions concerning the best ways to build resilience into the nation's seaports and our coastal regions.
"Among the many controversies raised by Hurricane Sandy, one incontrovertible fact is that sea levels are rising and that higher sea levels increase the risk of damage from storms," said ULI senior resident fellow John McIlwain. "But there is also much that has already been studied, is well known, is practical and can be implemented now without the need for new studies. He added that these recommendations should be enacted and to become part of zoning and building codes and the process of approving new development and infrastructure. If they are not, he warned, the memory of Sandy will fade, "just as did the memory of the damage caused by Hurricane Irene only a year ago."
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Slurp! The Best Oyster Wines
Oyster-mania hits Fort Mason this weekend in the form of the 11th annual Oyster Fest. Head down there to catch oyster-philes getting their fix at events like the "Slurp and Shuck" competition.
In honor of the weekend, we're republishing a few words of wisdom on oyster and wine pairings:
Why Do SF Sommeliers Snub California Wine?
One night last fall at a wine dinner at Chez Panisse, Alice Waters got up to address the dining room and made a surprising confession. "Shame on me," she said, "for paying so little attention to California wine. I had no idea what was going on underneath my nose all this time. And to think that it was through my daughter, Fannie, that I discovered something so important around me."
Someone Good Please Take Over the House of Shields
I've been hearing about the difficulties at the House of Shields for some time now. As reported in SFEater a couple of days ago: "The historic bar's lease runs out in June and word on the street is that at this point in time, the landlord has no intention of renewing it, meaning the current team is definitely out. This development, of course, leaves the bar's future very much in flux. "
The scuttle I've heard is that the owner isn't even sure if he wants to continue having a bar there and is tired of owning a dive that is swarmed by bike messengers. Personally, I'm not sure what the problem with bike messengers is, but this is what I've heard.
Take Better Wine Notes with a Moleskine
Michael Broadbent, the famous wine guy and Christie's auctioneer, kept a note on every wine he tasted and eventually published this epic book of all them. That's pretty cool, as I often neglect to take notes on many of the wines I tasted and you know how the memory goes when you've had a glass of wine...
How a Football Game Can Be Corked
It's happened too many times to remember, and the disappointment is always piercing, but you learn to move on. A bottle of wine--a special one, maybe it's very old, maybe you carried it back in your suitcase from France, maybe it's very expensive. You save it for a special occasion. You dust it off and present it to your guests. You remove the foil, savoring every moment of the process, licking your lips in anticipation. And then you pop the cork and get a whiff. Damn, it's corked. Nothing you can do about it. Have to move on.
Napa Wine Beats French Wine in Blind Tasting?
Must have been a slow news day up in Napa. Because when I saw this headline, I didn't know if I was reading the Onion or the Napa Valley Register. Might have just used the stock "Hometown Boy Makes Good," instead. I'm not complaining about the content of the headline--I have no horses in the Napa vs Bordeaux race--but more about the style of article.
The Ultimate Tools for Sneaking Booze into the Game
The big games in the waning days of football season are coming up, college basketball is revving up, and baseball is just around the corner. But no matter the sport the markup on beer at stadiums is criminal, and any (not mention anything decent) booze is hard to come by or completely unavailable.
If you're going to the game—I must confess I was lucky enough to get a ticket through a friend to Thursday night's BCS Championship in Pasadena; go Longhorns!—here are some diabolical strategies to help you sneak in your own drink and avoid getting that expensive flask confiscated or being humiliated at the gate when they take away your beer.
You Can Relax Now--Angostura Bitters Are Back!
Okay, everybody, you can relax now. Your Manhattans and Old Fashioneds are going to be okay. If you didn't know it, we were in the midst of an Angostura bitters shortage due to a strike in Trinidad & Tobago where the stuff is manufactured. People had been worried. Evidently, the US is the world's biggest consumer of Angostura bitters, drinking the equivalent of about 750,000 four-ounce bottles or equivalents annually. I know that Duggan McDonnell, proprietor of Cantina, had gone around the Bay Area, buying up the remaining bottles he could find at Bevmos, in case the shortage was to be prolonged.
It's the Bubbles That Count, Not the Label
Though you gotta have bubbles, there's no rule that says that Champagne is required to ring in the New Year. Rather, the imperative is to open something which has a cork that pops and to drink something refreshing and bubbly at 12:01 January 1. So, why not save the money that you would have spent on Champagne and instead buy yourself something nice to kick off 2010. In that spirit, here's three picks from local stores that will get you a loud cork and a mouthful of delicious sparkling wine. Cheers!
Ice is Nice
After a spate of great weather, it looks like we're in for a chilly and wet New Years. The return to cold weather got me thinking of a subject I love—ice. We were perhaps the first to chronicle the emerging ice mania of SF cocktails bars over a year ago, and it hasn't stopped. Around town bartenders, in passionate belief that the ice seriously impacts the drink experience, are still obsessing over their cubes and chunks and spears of frozen water.


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Oh, I love how glittery and festive your wish list is! That jacket from J Crew is amazing...ReplyDelete
Curious if you have ever considered adding more rich colors to your clothing. You have pale skin, so all the monotone and pale outfits wash you out. A striking crimson red top with a cream skirt or slip? Just a thought.ReplyDelete
i'm crraaaaving some kinda sequin something.ReplyDelete
That lace J.Crew dress is the one.ReplyDelete
LOVE that beautiful J.Crew glitter jacket..and the envelope bags by F21 are so pretty! nice picks!ReplyDelete
xx, Ally
I love a girl who loves glitter! That Ruche dress is to die for!ReplyDelete
Oh wauw, fijne selectie!ReplyDelete
Het jasje is mijn favoriet!
Love these items so much - especially the J. Crew jacket... I've had my eye on that. And the lace dress is just lovely!!ReplyDelete
In response to the above comment, I think you have a nice natural color in your skin, and I love that you wear more subdued hues. :)
Ohh, I especially love the second dress! <3 Want want want!ReplyDelete
Lost in the Haze
ooo if he does can I borrow that sequin dress?!?ReplyDelete
oh my, I'm officially obsessed with all of these items - you have such pretty taste!! Gosh, I want that Ruche dress. xo veronikaReplyDelete
That J.crew jacket is gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
My wishlist is too long and unorganized!! But your wishlist is great!ReplyDelete
You blog is very nice :)
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the first dress...gorgeuos. and the blazer is also beautidul but the dresss,,, i like a lotReplyDelete
The purses are so cute and festive! I want basically all of the lush Christmas products, a nice satchel, and season 4 of Skins on dvd C:ReplyDelete
ha, i was going to post something like this tomorrow. great minds think alike. ADORE! you are just too cute!ReplyDelete
xo TJ
oh my, that dress from ruche just took my breath away!ReplyDelete
Ahhh that jacket! So perfect. I need (ok, want - but need - haha) a sequined jacket that I can throw on with a tank and jeans for nights out. Such a good list :)ReplyDelete
Le sigh... your wardrobe dreams are my wardrobe dreams.... <3 I wish I had every single one of these pieces! xxReplyDelete
first of all, can i just say that i absolutely love the name of your blog? haha its so cute! my mom's a ginger too btw haha anyways this post is just amazing, everything is so cute!ReplyDelete
lovely dresses hope santa could bring you all and all I want as well..the lace J.Crew is just stunningReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, that J.Crew dress is amazing! I have a similar one (though not as cute) that I'll need to pair with a black sash now...ReplyDelete
wow. i am in love with that j. crew glitter jacket! what a great piece to glam up any outfit! xxReplyDelete
J.crew lace dress so adorable, it is gonna look really good on you :)ReplyDelete
these look all great for chirstmas!! very pretty things you chose :)ReplyDelete
these pieces look so nice!and i especially love the clutches!!!!ahahh what a nice wish list!<3ReplyDelete
I adore the lace dress! It's so pretty... it'd be perfect with a little black cardigan for the holidays :)ReplyDelete
Oh, that white lace dress is a dream!ReplyDelete
We're having a low maintenance x-mas this year, so I'm prepared for homemade jams by my aunt and hand-sewn stuffed animals by my little cousin. :) I think I will be happy, I mean anything that's sweet makes me happy. :)
love the dresses :DReplyDelete
mooie items! Erg leuk voor de feestdagenReplyDelete
Travel in Style
I'm sensing a theme here... and i like it.ReplyDelete
a lot.
Hope your wishes come true!
Chic on the Cheap
Love that sequin jacket! All I want this year is a super cozy robe.ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays!
love the glitter jacket and the purses!!! totally rocks!ReplyDelete
i want that blazerrrrReplyDelete
Wauww the glitter jacket is amazing!! prachtig....ReplyDelete
x from Rotterdam
Beautiful pics!!!i'm following you!!!if you like mine, do the same!!ReplyDelete
Santa needs to get those for me too!ReplyDelete
The lace dress is gorgeous <3ReplyDelete
I just fell in love with that glittery jacket.ReplyDelete
Je suis tombée en amoureux de cette veste! (Not sure how to say "sparkly" in French.) :)
So many pretty things!ReplyDelete
Ask the Duplex
Definitely hoping for something sparkly, too :-)ReplyDelete
wow, love all of those items! especially the first jacket!ReplyDelete
OH MY, I love the fist jacket ! Simply wonderful :) Hope Santa will make your wish come true :xReplyDelete
Those two dresses are amazing and I can totally see you in them!ReplyDelete
I love a little glitter for the Holidays!
Virginie ♥
Dear Nikki,ReplyDelete
Can you please tell Santa that I'd like the J.Crew glitter jacket as well?? Thanks. :)
I love my F21 leopard purse, it's gotten a lot of play lately! I love that you can use it cross body or as a clutch! So versatile!
Thanks as always for leaving me lovely comments on my blog!
I heart you big time!
love that j crew glitter jacket!ReplyDelete
Such pretty choices. That glitter jacket is adorableReplyDelete


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|Chase County Community Hospital studies renovation options, upgrades services in 2012
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Thursday, 10 January 2013 18:18
By Randy Vlasin
Executive Director
Chase County Hospital Foundation
The Chase County Hospital Board of Trustees and staff have been working through plans for a major renovation project at Chase County Community Hospital.
Upgrades being considered include patient rooms, emergency room services, labor and delivery, physical therapy and cardiac rehab, specialty clinic, as well as other areas.
The original plans have undergone numerous revisions during the year. These revisions along with cost estimates continue to be analyzed by the Chase County Hospital Board of Trustees. The goal is to find an option which provides the best solution to meeting community needs now and in the future as well as being economically feasible. Planning for this renovation will continue to be a key priority in 2013.
Here are some other highlights the past year.
Cardiologist joins specialty clinic
Dr. Iyad Azzam, MD, from Midlands Cardiology Group in Kearney began serving patients through the Chase County Community Hospital Specialty Clinic program in 2012.
Dr. Azzam received his medical degree from the University of Baghdad, College of Medicine in Baghdad, Iraq. His internal medicine internship and residency was done at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in New Jersey.
His Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension Fellowship was completed at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ and the Interventional Cardiology fellowship was obtained at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL.
Dr. Azzam is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology as well as the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention.
PA Intern from UNMC trains at Chase County Clinic
Megan Schliefert, a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center enrolled in the Physician's Assistant Program, began a three-month training rotation in mid-September and finished in mid-December. Schliefert will graduate in 2013 and pursue a career as a Physician's Assistant.
New equipment provides expanded services
Chase County Community Hospital purchased a Forced Triad Energy Platform for use in surgical procedures. This new equipment offers surgeons a wide range of options including electrosurgical cutting and coagulation and more efficient tissue fusion. This technology also provides for improved tissue-sensing and more consistent tissue and vessel fusion.
The main benefits to patients are it aids in shorter operation time and quicker recovery. The new equipment was funded through a private grant secured by the Chase County Hospital Foundation.
C-Arm—This new addition provides and imaging process that uses X-rays to obtain real-time moving images of the internal structures of a patient. The benefits include real time imaging that aids physicians to tracking endoscopes and catheters, identify foreign bodies and can be used to help place stents. All this can be captured dynamically and images stored electronically.
Treadmill—A new commercial treadmill was added to the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy Departments. It is used to help cardiac patients in their recovery and physical therapy patients to strengthen legs.
It is capable of monitoring heart rates and is capable of being pre-programed for custom work outs. Funding for the treadmill was provided by donors to the Chase County Hospital Foundation.
Board of Trustees searches for interim-CEO
The CCCH Board of Trustees is currently in the process of searching for an interim CEO. They have visited with several candidates and interviews will continue into January.
Staff looks forward to serving community in New Year
The primary objective of Chase County Community Hospital is to provide quality care for local residents. Sustaining critical healthcare services is important to the health of area residents as well as the health of our local economy.
The staff and management of Chase County Community Hospital and Clinic wish to thank those residents who choose our healthcare system to meet their needs. We look forward to serving you in 2013!


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Nigerian attack
Hours after rampaging gangs of Muslims viciously attacked three Christian villages in central Nigeria on March 7, bereaved survivors wailed, sang hymns, and began burying their dead. A Nigerian official said the attackers killed as many as 500 people in the predominantly Christian region. Details were brutal: Witnesses said men with machetes swooped into the villages in the pre-dawn hours and began hacking to death the most vulnerable people: women, children, and the elderly.
Mark Lipdo of Stefanos Foundation, a Nigeria-based Christian organization that helps persecuted Christians, confirmed the reports to the BBC: "We saw mainly those who are helpless, like small children and then the older men, who cannot run, these were the ones that were slaughtered." Witnesses said one victim was a 4-day-old baby. An Associated Press reporter described a morgue filled with the bodies of children, including a diaper-clad toddler. The bodies were mutilated.
Officials said the attacks were likely retaliation for January fighting on the dangerous north-south border that killed both Muslims and Christians. The violence often stems from conflicts over natural resources. Other sources are religious, including growing Islamic extremism targeting Christians.
As the new acting President Goodluck Jonathan seeks to quell tensions before more violence breaks out, the Christians continued to bury their loved ones. "Jesus said I am the way," many of them sang at a mass funeral. "Jesus, show me the way."
Pakistani attack
As many as 15 armed militants stormed a World Vision office in northwest Pakistan on March 10, killing at least six staffers and wounding several others. The gunmen opened fire and lobbed grenades, seriously damaging the World Vision office in the district of Manshera. The Christian aid organization indefinitely suspended all operations in the country.
World Vision had been operating in Manshera since an October 2005 earthquake killed some 73,000 people in the region. The organization says it distributed food to more than 95,000 quake victims and worked in 87 Pakistani villages around the country to provide access to healthcare, education, and agricultural programs.
Extremists have targeted other aid organizations in the region. Dean Owen of World Vision told The Christian Science Monitor that the four men and two women killed in the March attack were all Pakistani Muslims.
'Political pep rally'
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts doesn't seem too keen on attending another State of the Union address after President Obama upbraided the court in his speech this year, condemning its ruling in the Citizens United case concerning campaign finance. Roberts spoke publicly about that speech for the first time recently when he took questions from law students at the University of Alabama. "To the extent the State of the Union has degenerated into a political pep rally, I'm not sure why we're there," he said. Roberts added that he welcomes criticisms of the court and its decisions. "On the other hand," he said, "there is the issue of the setting, the circumstances, and the decorum. The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court-according to the requirements of protocol-has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling." In response, the White House's Robert Gibbs reiterated the president's criticisms of the court's decision.
Hiring spree
While the economy overall is still losing jobs-36,000 last month-one government project is on a hiring spree. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to hire about 1 million temporary workers this year to help with its once-a-decade population count. In February, the bureau hired 15,000 and will expand those ranks more aggressively this month, paying employees anywhere from $10 to $25 an hour. The Commerce Department estimated that the census hires could cut the unemployment rate by several tenths of a percent. Right now the unemployment rate is holding steady at 9.7 percent. When the last census was taken in 2000, the unemployment rate was at a record low of 4 percent.
Limited focus?
Vice President Joe Biden made a high-level visit to Israel just 48 hours after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas agreed to resume indirect talks with Israel-the first formal negotiations in over a year. During meetings in Jerusalem, Biden declared there is "no space between the U.S. and Israel." But few Israelis are holding their breath for a U.S.-brokered breakthrough in their long battle with Palestinian extremists. Israeli officials leaked a classified report from the Foreign Ministry last week, warning that the Obama administration's focus on peace in the Middle East will be "limited" due to what it called Obama's "focus in the coming year on domestic issues that are expected to determine the results of the congressional elections." In the latest round of peacemaking, "proximity talks" will be headed up by U.S. special envoy George Mitchell, who plans to spend the next four months carrying out separate talks with each side in hopes of bringing both together over a formal agreement surrounding border and security issues.
Targeted community
There are 80 billboards dotting Georgia with the message, "Black children are an endangered species." The billboards direct drivers to toomanyaborted.com, where viewers learn that although blacks comprise only 30 percent of Georgia's population, a disproportionate number (58 percent) of Georgia's 35,000 abortions are performed on black women. Although blacks make up 13 percent of the population nationwide, they account for 39 percent of the abortions.
Catherine Davis, minority outreach director for Georgia Right to Life, says the abortion industry deliberately locates its centers in urban populations where many blacks reside, marketing them to reach blacks. Davis said as a black woman herself, her purpose is not to "degrade or belittle or dehumanize black women. . . . It's about the industry and how they have chosen to target certain populations."
Freedom & folly
Four years ago Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder was killed in Iraq, and his parents held a private funeral service for him at St. John's Catholic Church in Westminster, Md. The notorious pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps Sr., appeared outside the funeral with some of his family members to protest, holding up signs that read "Matt in hell," and "Thank God for dead soldiers." The group's adherents picket all over the country, believing that soldiers are being punished for the United States' tolerance of homosexuality. The Marine's father sued Phelps and won a $5 million award, but a federal appeals court turned back that ruling because it argued that Phelps' speech was protected under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court agreed on March 8 to review the case in its next term, which begins in October.
Hitting the books
Tis the season of political memoirs. Karl Rove, a top adviser to former President George W. Bush, just released his memoir titled Courage and Consequence, defending the Bush administration and denying that it purposefully misled the country about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Mitt Romney also released his book, No Apology, which is perhaps more forward-looking than reflective. The book release tour ran through Iowa and New Hampshire, suggesting Romney's presidential aspirations. Former President George W. Bush announced he will be publishing a book this fall, tentatively titled Decision Points, reflecting on his presidency. Upon announcing his plan, he joked, "This is going to come as quite a shock to people up here that I can write a book, much less read one." His wife Laura Bush is writing her own memoir, Spoken from the Heart, which is due out in May.
Together and apart
Living together before marriage will give your marriage less chance of survival, according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics. Cohabiting is becoming the "first co-residential union" for more and more couples, the study said: Half of women and 48 percent of men ages 15-44 have cohabited with someone. In just 15 years, the number of women ages 35-39 who have cohabited with someone has doubled. The study suggests cohabitation has negative consequences, though. If a couple cohabited before getting married (and 28 percent of couples do), the likelihood of their marriage lasting 10 years decreased by 6 percentage points. Cohabiting couples also report lower levels of relationship quality, lower income levels, and don't experience the same health benefits that marriage gives. The 2.9 million children living in cohabiting households also don't fare as well academically or behaviorally, but an estimated two-fifths of children will live in a cohabiting household sometime before age 16. The study found that marriages were more likely to survive if the couple was 26 or older when they married and if they had a child eight months or more after marriage.
Spring awakening
As spring training games began this month (see "Spring in their step"), Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was giving former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine the state's "Sachem" award for helping to break racial barriers in baseball and bring the handicapped into the mainstream of life. (Sachem is an Algonquin Indian term for wisdom, judgment, and grace.)
Erskine, now 84, was a star Dodgers pitcher who retired from baseball in 1959 and became a banker, baseball coach, and civic leader in Anderson, Ind. He was one of the Dodgers who welcomed Jackie Robinson's breaking of major league baseball's color barrier, and he also joined a quieter civil-rights movement for the handicapped: The same year Erskine retired, his son Jimmy was born with Down syndrome.
Erskine still recalls the ominous words he heard at the hospital: "The Erskine baby is mongoloid." He reflected, "When Jimmy was born, the world was no more ready to accept him than it was ready to accept Jackie Robinson in baseball. . . . We didn't accept people who were different in those days."
But in Erskine's Christian understanding, Jackie Robinson was made in the image of God. Erskine treated him with a dignity and respect then unusual across racial lines. Erskine and his wife Betty looked at Jimmy in a similar way-made in God's image: "She said he's not going to an institution. He's coming home with us."
Jimmy, now 50, works at a restaurant in Anderson. His father has a World Series ring from 1955, but he sees great value in Jimmy's Special Olympics honors. -by Russ Pulliam


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Farrow and Ronan attacked the director on Twitter following a Golden Globes tribute on Sunday night.
Farrow posted a tweet as the director was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the ceremony, suggesting she would no longer be watching, and his estranged son used social media to reignite allegations that the director sexually abused his own daughter when she was seven.
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Ronan's remarks, which read, "Missed the Woody Allen tribute – did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?" refer to claims made by Allen's adopted daughter, Dylan, in 1992, when she accused the moviemaker of molesting her.
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Georgian Businessmen Fight for "Stolen" Property
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Georgian businessmen who accuse the last government of stealing their property have united to demand that the new administration return it.
The prosecution service is currently examining some 200 cases in which the government of President Mikhail Saakashvili's United National Movement, UNM, which lost power in an October election, is accused of unlawful confiscation of business assets. Another 500 cases brought by businessmen are awaiting review.
Parliament, now controlled by Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili's Georgian Dream coalition, has established its own commission to look into the claims.
"If the courts establish that property was removed unlawfully, the true owner will have the right to reclaim it," speaker David Usupashvili, who is one of the leaders of Georgian Dream, said. "Unlike in the days of the UNM, the legality of confiscations will be ruled on by fair courts."
The businessmen pressing claims include Gogi Topadze, owner of the Kazbegi beer company.
A Georgian Dream member himself, he accuses a group linked to the last government of harassing his business to the point of closure.
"A few years ago, members of the Kmara youth movement attacked shops so as to scare their owners, telling them not to sell Kazbegi beer or else the financial police would check up on them. As a result of this terror, you won't find Kazbegi beer in most of the shops," Topadze said. "As a result of this pressure, the company lost the local market."
The businessmen's allegations are directed at the UNM, the justice and economy ministries of the time, the prosecution service and the mayor of Tbilisi.
Former officials have largely refrained from commenting on the claims, leaving it to Saakashvili – who remains in office until next year – to defend their record.
"The government always served business in Georgia, as well as the prosperity of our people and the future of our children," he said.
The president pointed to the World Bank's Doing Business rating for last year, in which Georgia rose from 21st to 9th place.
"This is one of the best ratings in the world," he said. "It means there isn't any corrupt pressure on Georgian businesses. We did everything to ensure business in Georgia was free."
The businessmen who have formed a group called Project Return disagree with the president.
"Project Return will defend the interests of businessmen whose property has been taken illegally, and will strive to unite these people to defend their interests," said Mamia Sanadiradze, who founded the group.
Sanadiradze says property rights were frequently violated under the previous government.
"I've held consultations with lawyers, and it turns out that regaining property is a difficult process," he said. "As a result, we decided to join forces in defence of our interests. We will try to find mechanisms for returning assets to the legal owners as soon as possible."
Until 2009, Sanadiradze owned 80 per cent of Caucasus Online, one of the country's biggest internet providers. After having large fines imposed on him, he sold half the company and moved to the UK.
He now owns 30 per cent of the company, but since returning to Georgia after the October election, he says he wants only justice, not to regain a controlling stake.
Prime Minister Ivanishvili says the number of lawsuits being brought are a sign that his government is starting to restore justice.
"The hysterical complaints from our opponents will not stop the processes now going on in this country. One of our main pledges was to restore justice – and this is now taking place, and it will be completed," he said. "The authorities should not interfere in private business. We will do all we can to make sure that private business is completely secure."
Lia Mukhashavria, head of the non-government group Article 42, says the businessmen will need more than government backing to reclaim their assets.
"Illegal confiscation of property is one crime, but when you talk about returning confiscated property, it raises questions about the rights of those who subsequently obtained this property by legal means," Mukhashavria said.
Lawyer Dmitri Gabunia agreed, saying that current laws do not automatically provide for property to be returned to its original owners even if the confiscation was based on a coerced confession or agreement.
One major case has already been resolved – that of broadcasting company Imedi, launched by Badri Patarkatsishvili in 2003. When he died in 2008, a distant relative assumed ownership of Imedi, and the company was run by Giorgi Arveladze, a long-term Saakashvili ally. Ownership has now reverted to Patarkatsishvili's family.